Plague Doctor
Symptoms
When & Where
How
100

What did Plague Doctors wear?

Beak shaped mask with long over coats

100

What are the least worrying symptoms?

Fevers, headaches, and chills

100

What century was the Black Plague?

1300's

100

How did it spread?

Fleas and rats biting people
200

Why did they stuff their masks with flowers?

They believed that the good smell would keep them from getting sick.

200

What is fatigue?

Feeling tired or weak

200

Where did the plague start?

Central Asia near a lake

200

How many people died?

50 million people in Europe

300

Why did many Plague Doctors get sick?

They didn't understand how the disease was spread.

300

What is famine?

The most severe kind of starvation

300

Where did the plague then spread to?

France and Spain

300

Why was the plague so contagious?

The infected fleas would move on to someone else after biting someone very fast.

400

What are the treatment methods?

Blood leading, herbal medicines, potions, and topical

400

What are the most severe symptoms?

Vomiting blood, coughing up blood, internal bleeding, and lymph nodes
400

What percent of the population died?

30-50%

400
How did the plague end?

Quarantine efforts, natural immunity, and possibly genetic shifts in the human population

500

How did the Plague Doctors use leeches to treat the Plague?

They would use leeches to suck the "bad blood" out of the infected body. (Bloodletting)

500

What symptom was shown at the bottom of slide five?

Lymph nodes(buboes)

500

What was the lake called where the plague originated?

Lake Issyk Kul, and is now known as Kyrgyzstan

500

What was the bacteria called that spread the plague?

Yersinia Pestis

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